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The entire landscape of how we authenticate domain names likely will see a
complete overhaul, all powered by blockchain technologies. Just released,
Handshake brings with it the much needed security and reliability on which
we rely. Backed by venture capitalists and industry-established blockchain
developers, Handshake has raised $10.2 million to replace the current
digital entities maintaining our current internet infrastructure.

On Python's BDFL Guido van Rossum, his dedication to the Python community, PEP 572 and hope for a healthy outcome for the language, open source and the computing world in general.
Python is an amazing programming language, there's no doubt about it.
From humble beginnings in 1991, it's now just about
everywhere. Whether you're doing web development, system
administration, test automation, devops or data science, odds are
good that Python is playing a role in your work.

This article is the second in my series "Road to RHCA", where I'm
charting my journey to the Red Hat Certified Architect designation—a
designation that's difficult to come by.
As an advocate and enthusiast of Linux and open
source, and more important, as someone who works as a Linux professional, I am eager to change the current state of affairs around the number of
women and people of color who know Linux and open source, study Linux and
work in the Linux and/or open-source space.

Exploring the current state of musical Linux with interviews of developers
of popular packages.
Linux is ready for prime time when it comes to music production. New
offerings from Linux audio developers are pushing creative and technical
boundaries. And, with the maturity of the Linux desktop and growth of
standards-based hardware setups, making music with Linux has never
been easier.

Linux Journal has learned fellow journalist and long-time voice of the Linux community Robin "Roblimo" Miller has passed away. Miller was perhaps best known by the community for his role as Editor in Chief of Open Source Technology Group, the company that owned Slashdot, SourceForge.net, freshmeat, Linux.com, NewsForge, and ThinkGeek from 2000 to 2008.

After putting this question to the experts, the conclusion is that no
matter what you call it, it's still Linux at its core.
Should the Linux operating system be called "Linux" or "GNU/Linux"? These
days, asking that question might get as many blank stares returned as
asking, "Is it live or is it Memorex?"

Taz Brown writes about the challenges of a career in IT and her goals
of helping to increase diversity in the field and bring Linux to urban
education.
The year is now 2018, and the world has changed tremendously in so many
ways. One thing that's changed significantly is the way we
learn and the way we demonstrate that knowledge. No longer is a
college degree enough, particularly in the area of Information
Technology (IT). Speak to two technologists about how they paved their way in
the field, and you will get, oftentimes, completely
different stories.

Open letter regarding Australia's Open Government National Action Plan.
Despite open government's best intentions to prioritise collaboration, government bodies consistently duplicate each other's effort. Collaborating as effectively as open communities is much harder than you'd think.

Why does a painter paint? Why does carpenter build? Why does a chef cook? Why
does an electronic engineer design, and why does a software programmer code?
Speaking from my personal experiences, I'm going to answer those questions
with this: to
create something out of nothing. There is an art to conceiving an idea and,
when using the right tools, bringing it to fruition.

"We are stronger together than on our own." This is a core principle
that many people adhere to in their daily lives. Whether we are
overcoming adversity, fighting the powers that be, protecting our
livelihoods or advancing our business strategy, this mantra propels
people and ideas to success.

It has been too long, but I was at least one of the founders of the Seattle
UNIX User's Group. I remember the first meeting well. It took place at
Seattle University, and our guest speaker was Bill Joy. He impressed me in
that he had a huge pile of overhead transparencies (remember, this was in
the 1980s), asked a few questions of the group, selected some of them and
started talking.

I learned about Subutai from Philip Sheldrake of the Digital Life
Collective (and much else) and thought it deserved attention here at
Linux Journal, so I offered this space for that. Alex Karasulu did most
of the writing, but it was a team effort with help from Jon 'maddog' Hall, Philip
Sheldrake
and Steve Taylor.—Doc Searls

Through the years, I've spent what might seem to some people an inordinate
amount of time cleaning up and preserving ancient software. My
Retrocomputing Museum page archives any
number of computer languages and games that might seem utterly
obsolete.